BRUGGE. Club Brugge prevails over Gent with a 2-0 win with a goal from B. Meijer (73′) and a penalty scored by H. Vanaken (90′).

The match was played at the Jan Breydelstadion stadium in Brugge on Sunday and it started at 1:30 pm local time. The referee was Erik Lambrechts with the help of Jo De Weirdt and Martijn Tiesters. The 4th official was Arthur Denil. The weather was clear. The temperature was quite cold at 5.5 degrees Celsius or 41.88 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 56%.​

Match Statistics​

Club Brugge

2 - 0

Gent

  • 53 Ball Possession 47
Shots
  • 16 Total 6
  • 6 On Target 2
  • 5 Off Target 2
  • 5 Shots blocked 2
  • 141 Attack 101
  • 63 Dangerous attack 33
  • 0 Ball safe 0
  • 1 Penalties 0
  • 9 Corners 3
Fouls
  • 9 Total 10
  • 2 Yellow Cards 0
  • 0 Double Yellow 0
  • 0 Red Card 0
Other
  • 4 Substitutions 5

Ball possession

No teams had a vastly superior advantage in terms of ball possession. Club Brugge was in possession of the ball for 53% of the time vs. Gent that controlled the ball for 47% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Club Brugge had a more offensive attitude with 63 dangerous attacks and 16 shots of which 6 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Club Brugge won the match​.

Club Brugge shot 16 times, 6 on target, 5 off target. Regarding the opposition, Gent shot 6 times, 2 on target, 2 off target.

Cards

Club Brugge received 2 yellow cards (Clinton Mata and Abakar Sylla ). Regarding the opposition, Gent didn’t receive any yellow card.

Match Timeline

25'
46'
B. Agbor- sub ->Joseph Okumu
58'
B. Meijer(goal)Clinton Mata
73'
78'
Laurent Depoitre- sub ->M. Fofana
78'
Matisse Samoise- sub ->Hong Hyun-seok
79'
85'
85'
86'
86'
A. Nusa- sub ->Kamal Sowah
90'
Hans Vanaken (penalty)
90'
90'

Standings

Standings
Team
Pts
Pl
Last 5
Gent
44
6
Antwerp
47
6
Cercle Brugge
36
6
Genk
46
6
Union Saint-Gilloise
46
6
Westerlo
30
6
Standard Liège
30
6
Club Brugge
36
6
OH Leuven
48
34
Sporting Charleroi
48
34
Anderlecht
46
34
Sint-Truiden
42
34
Mechelen
40
34
Kortrijk
31
34
AS Eupen
28
34
Zulte-Waregem
27
34
KV Oostende
27
34
RFC Seraing
20
34

After playing this match, Club Brugge will have 46 points to sit in the 4th place. Regarding the opposition, Gent will stay with 42 points like Westerlo and Standard Liège to sit in the 5th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Pro League, Club Brugge will play away against Kortrijk on the 18th of March with a 23-9 head to head in favor of Club Brugge (5 draws).

Gent will play away agasint Zulte-Waregem on the 12th of March with a 18-14 head to head stats in favor of Gent (10 draws).

Club Brugge – Formation

Club Brugge
G
Simon Mignolet 22.Belgium
7.0
D
Clinton Mata 77.Angola
7.4
58'
D
Brandon Mechele 44.Belgium
7.2
D
J. Hendry 5.Scotland
6.9
25'
D
B. Meijer 14.Netherlands
7.5
73'
M
Hans Vanaken 20.Belgium
7.0
90'
M
Casper Nielsen 27.Denmark
8.1
M
Kamal Sowah 19.Ghana
6.6
90'
F
Noa Lang 10.Netherlands
7.1
85'
F
Tajon Buchanan 17.Canada
6.9
F
Ferran Jutglà 9.Spain
6.6
85'
Substitutes
G
Josef Bursik 21.England
G
Nick Shinton 33.Belgium
D
Abakar Sylla 94.Ivory Coast
7.1
25' 79'
D
Denis Odoi 6.Ghana
D
Dedryck Boyata 28.Belgium
M
C. Sandra 98.Belgium
M
Mats Rits 26.Belgium
6.2
85'
F
A. Nusa 32.Norway
90'
F
Roman Yaremchuk 70.Ukraine
6.9
85'

Club Brugge started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

The manager Scott Parker decided to play with the following team: Simon Mignolet (7.0), Clinton Mata (7.4), Jack Hendry (6.9), Brandon Mechele (7.2), Bjorn Meijer (7.5), Casper Nielsen (8.1), Kamal Sowah (6.6), Hans Vanaken (7.0), Tajon Buchanan (6.9), Ferran Jutglà (6.6) and Noa Lang (7.1).

The home team had on the bench: Antonio Nusa, Abakar Sylla (7.1), Josef Bursik, Cisse Sandra, Nick Shinton, Denis Odoi, Mats Rits (6.2), Dedryck Boyata and Roman Yaremchuk (6.9).

Substitutions

Club Brugge made 4 changes: Jack Hendry for Loubadhe Abakar Sylla (25′), Ferran Jutglà for Roman Yaremchuk (85′), Noa Lang for Mats Rits (85′) and Kamal Sowah for Antonio Eromonsele Nordby Nusa (90′).

Best player: Casper Nielsen​

The most impressive player for Club Brugge was Casper Nielsen even if he didn’t score any goal.

His rating is (8.1) with 37 passes (83% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 10. He performed 11 crosses.

Gent – Formation

Gent
G
Paul Nardi 1.France
7.0
D
Michael Ngadeu 5.Cameroon
7.1
D
Jordan Torunarigha 23.Nigeria
7.1
D
Joseph Okumu 2.Kenya
7.4
46'
M
Núrio Fortuna 25.Angola
6.6
86'
M
Sven Kums 24.Belgium
6.6
M
Julien De Sart 13.Belgium
7.2
M
Malick Fofana 19.Belgium
7.3
78'
F
Hong Hyun-Seok 7.South Korea
6.5
78'
F
Hugo Cuypers 11.Belgium
6.2
86'
F
Gift Orban 20.Nigeria
6.6
Substitutes
G
Davy Roef 33.Belgium
D
B. Agbor 38.Cameroon
6.2
46'
D
Cederick Van Daele 35.Belgium
86'
M
Matisse Samoise 18.Belgium
78'
F
Jens Petter Hauge 10.Norway
6.2
86'
F
Laurent Depoitre 29.Belgium
78'

Gent started with a 3-4-1-2 line-up (3-4-1-2).

Hein Vanhaezebrouck played with: Paul Nardi (7.0), Joseph Okumu (7.4), Michael Ngadeu (7.1), Jordan Torunarigha (7.1), Malick Fofana (7.3), Sven Kums (6.6), Julien De Sart (7.2), Núrio Fortuna (6.6), Hyunseok Hong (6.5), Gift Emmanuel Orban (6.6) and Hugo Cuypers (6.3).

They had on the bench: Jens Petter Hauge, Brian Agbor (6.2), Davy Roef, Matisse Samoise, Laurent Depoitre, Rune Van Den Bergh and Cederick Van Daele.

Substitutions

Gent made 4 changes: M. Fofana for Laurent Depoitre (78′), Hong Hyun-seok for Matisse Samoise (78′), Núrio Fortuna for Cederick Van Daele (86′) and Hugo Cuypers for Jens Petter Hauge (86′).

Best player: Joseph Okumu​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Gent was Joseph Okumu.

His rating is (7.4) with 11 passes (45% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 1 duel out of 2.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Pro League.​